spar

noun

1. A rafter of a roof.
2. A thick pole or piece of wood.
3. (obsolete)A bar of wood used to fasten a door.

   “The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].”

4. Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
5. A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
6. A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
7. (Multicultural-London-English)A friend, a mate, a pal.

   “KLASHNEKOFF: I take two glass then pass the spliff to my spars.”

   “'Ello clart! How are you doin' spar? Let's have a look at your mobile phone there, that's fuckin' posh, innit?[…]that's fuckin' safe, spar!”

   “I don't care if you got friends in your car. Light up your whip and all of your spars.”

   “Trying to explain to my spars how it is over a spliff. Arguing, cause the media got 'em locked under their lids.”

8. (countable, uncountable)Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
9. (countable, uncountable)Any crystal with readily discernible faces.

verb

1. (dialectal, obsolete)To bolt, bar.

   “The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […]”

2. (transitive)To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
3. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

   “After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.”

4. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
5. To contest in words; to wrangle.

phrase

1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of signal passed at red.

name

1. A surname.